AUGUST MISSION PROJECT

Rev. Stella Perrin was appointed in 2023 by CBF to serve refugees in Cyprus. Although Cyprus is a long way from Raleigh, Stella has connections with our church. She was Amy Galvan’s freshman roommate at Meredith and her son, Luke, attended FBC while a student at NCSU. Stella is working with Kofinou Refugee Camp in Cyprus to provide backpacks for the 100+ school-age children there. School in Cyprus is mandatory, but the government does not provide supplies. We have the opportunity to guarantee a vulnerable child is prepared for school in September.

For our August mission project, we will collect monetary donations that will go directly to the Kofinou Refugee Camp for school supplies. With each $20 given, a child at Kofinou Camp will receive a backpack and a school uniform shirt. You may give online here with Vanco, or Paypal. For checks, please note “Cyprus” on your contribution.

SAVE THE DATE

Sunday, September 29 – Annual Rise Against Hunger meal-packing event

will be held in the fellowship hall

following worship.

Sunday, October 6 – Fall Festival –

Please note that this date

is earlier than usual!

It will be held at Optimist Farm

beginning at 3pm.

Watch the Rose Window Weekly and Sunday bulletin

for more details on both events!

END-OF-SUMMER

CHILDREN'S POOL PARTY

Come beat the heat with a pizza and pool party as we kick off a new year of Sunday School and Missions & Music! All our preschoolers and grade-schoolers and their families are invited to join us on Thursday, August 22, from 5–7:30pm at the Lakepark Swim Club (6333 Lakeland Dr, Raleigh). The cost is $15/family to help cover cost of our supper and pool fee. We’ll pause for pizza (and an easy veggie, fruit, and dessert) around 6pm and then keep swimming until 7:30pm! Come when you can and stay as long as you can! Please RSVP to Lynn by August 18.



KEEP THE DONATIONS COMING!

Earlier this summer, the clothing ministry identified an urgent need for men's and children's clothing and you responded! Thank you so much to all who have helped increase our inventory in order to serve our guests through the summer. We couldn't have done it without you!

We will continue to collect and offer spring/summer clothing to our guests through the beginning of September and/or until we transition to cooler weather, as our supplies allow. So keep those donations coming (especially for children's and men's clothing). Our sorters would appreciate your help in holding any winter donations until after Labor Day, as our storage spaces are very limited. Thank you so much for the continued support of this ministry! If you have any questions, you may contact Sabrina Tyndall.



HOT OFF THE PRESS

Our new church directories are hot off the press and are available for pick-up in the Lewis Lobby on Sundays and at the reception desk in the church office during the week. To cover the cost of printing, a suggested donation of $10 per directory would be greatly appreciated. You may contribute that amount in cash or electronically via the church website. Thank you to Bob Talley for his amazing photography skills that truly captured the spirit of every family pictured. Another special thank you to Diane Ellis for all her work organizing and bringing this project to life!

If you would prefer a free, digital copy of the church directory, you may view an interactive version on our website. We also encourage you to register for ACCESS ACS, our church database software. With ACCESS ACS, members can find the most up-to-date contact information for fellow members, as well as other limited information. Please note that when you are searching for fellow parishioners, in order to see photos, you will need to be in the "View a Family Directory" option. You cannot see photos under the "View an Individual Directory" option. You may suggest corrections to ACS information by emailing Jennie Herrick. 

To register, go to fbcraleigh.org/church-directory and click on the ACS Registration button. You will need to supply a first name, last name, and email address that matches the information we have in our ACS database. Once you have your ACCESS ACS account established you may sign in when you click “ACS Login” on the above link. If you are unable to create your account, please email Wayne Hager and he will assist you.

Corrections to the directory: We mistakenly misspelled the name of Ike Uzoma, of our Food Service Staff, in the new directory. Also, in the photo section, the names of Steve and Julie Woodson's sons were left off: Will and Drew. Our apologies to Ike and the Woodsons. Please make these corrections.



WELCOME NEW MEMBER!

Margaret Bartolotto joined by statement of previous baptism

and membership in another church on August 11.